Robotic Angel
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Badass Automaton of angels or similar spiritual beings. Frequently, heaven tends to keep track on technology, and angels are often the military force of such place. They can serve for a host of purpose, often holy or neutral depending on what their jobs requires. This could land in the Rule of Cool, thanks to the combination. They could also be artificially created and become a version of Holy Hand Grenade.
Examples of Robotic Angel include:
Advertising
Anime and Manga
- Steel Angel Kurumi has steel angels. They were said to be created by a Mad Scientist and were call "dolls".
- Angeloids in Sora no Otoshimono.
- The sole inhabitant of the Imaginary Number District in A Certain Magical Index is an artificial angel, definitely of the Holy Hand Grenade sort.
Comic Books
Fan Works
- Fusion Gundam in Final Stand of Death are this thanks to being angels fused with Mechanical Lifeforms and humanoid wolves.
- In episode 5, it's discovered in their original form, i.e. minus their armor, they also process Glowing Mechanical Eyes, while the other ghosts od the fallen have normal eyes.
Film
- Seraph from The Matrix series was created by the Oracle to serve as a "guardian angel".
Literature
Live-Action TV
Music
New Media
Newspaper Comics
Oral Tradition, Myths and Legends
Pinball
Podcasts
Professional Wrestling
Puppet Shows
Radio
Recorded and Stand Up Comedy
Tabletop Games
- The Penny Arcade card game includes a card for the Robot Cowboy Angel cited below.
Theatre
Video Games
- A common theme in the Shin Megami Tensei series, especially in depictions of Metatron, who is often depicted as humanoid robot. Other high ranking angels also have partial or completely robot motifs on occasion.
Visual Novels
Web Animation
Web Comics
- Invoked for laughs in the December 8, 2004 Penny Arcade which postulated an Adaptation Decayed Metroid movie that was about "a rowdy team of baseball players who discover the true meaning of Christmas from a robot cowboy angel".
